The Huguenot: A Tale of the French Protestants, Band 2

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Harper & Brothers, 1839 - 525 Seiten
 

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Seite 214 - ... a body of men who had fought hard and marched long since the morning. There was a great difference, however, to be remarked between them and the religious insurgents of more northern countries ; for though both the sterner fanaticism which characterized Scotland and England not long before, and the wilder imaginations and fanciful enthusiasms of the far south were occasionally to be found in individuals, the great mass were entirely and decidedly French, possessing the character of light and...
Seite 228 - Well, then," replied the chevalier, " I can promise you pardon ; but, remember, you are a prisoner on parole. Do you give me your word that you will not try to escape ?" " Lord bless you, sir," replied the man, " I would not escape for the world.
Seite 202 - The'old man smiled again sweetly upon her. " Madam," he said, " did not sad experience often show us that it were not so, I should think, from the fate of the Count of Morseiul this day, that a gallant and all*daring heart is a buckler which neither steel nor lead can penetrate.

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